I've never been a fan of the 9-5 thing and I'm only doing it now because of my children.

He's brought that option up and he's also not trying to make the big return but help his children in REI.

I have experience using the services of commercial self storage service ultra stor (http://www.ultrastor.ca/storage-solutions/specialty-storage/ ) for storage of my furnitures and the like.

A partner who accidently runs over a Nunn and 12 school children in a school crosswalk can mean you have several new partners.

We predict we will have $12K by then which will pay us 6 months of expenses: rent and utilities while I find a job, moving expenses, an emergency fund, and some money left to buy basic furniture.

They are not always the same, especially if they had no children.  

I, my wife, children, and grandchildren are all healthy, and doing well. 

This, combined with whether you intend to own, or continue to hold, Canadian real estate after such a move, will also impact how you organise your investments.There is also the whole element of {family} trusts which may come into play - if you have children and want to plan for future transition of assets or income splitting.After this long ramble, I've barely scratched the surface of the number of variables to be considered and possible complexity of picking the correct "now" and "later" organisation.

Our goal is for me to also be able to stay home and raise our children, so for me to semi retire earlier and manage our portfolio.

I also know she has young children.